Lokomotiv is playing the 1st of four straight home games.
Admiral is playing the 4th of four straight road games.
Lokomotiv is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.
Admiral is coming into this contest having won its last game.
Lokomotiv defeated Admiral earlier this season by an overtime score of 4-3.
Da Costa has points in 5 straight games, going 3-2-5 over that span.
Lokomotiv: Staffan Kronwall
Admiral: Alexander Ugolnikov
Neftekhimik is playing the 4th of four straight home games.
CSKA is playing the 4th of four straight road games.
Neftekhimik is coming into this game on an 8-game winning streak.
CSKA is coming into this contest having won its last game.
CSKA defeated Neftekhimik earlier this season by an overtime score of 3-2.
With a win today, Neftekhimik would once again set a new club record for wins in a row.
Sorokin has played 87:40 straight minutes of KHL hockey without allowing a goal against.
Neftekhimik: Rafael Bikmullin
CSKA: Sergei Andronov
Severstal is playing the 1st of three straight home games.
Ak Bars is playing the 2nd of two straight road games.
Severstal is coming into this game on a 7-game losing streak.
Ak Bars is coming into this contest having lost the last game.
Ak Bars defeated Severstal earlier this season 4-3.
Bilyalov has played an incredible 162:52 straight minutes of KHL hockey without allowing a goal against.
Severstal: Yegor Yakovlev
Ak Bars: Vladimir Tkachyov, Dmitri Voronkov, Artyom Lukoyanov
Vityaz is playing the 4th of four straight home games.
Torpedo is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.
Vityaz is entering this contest coming off a recent victory.
Torpedo is entering this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
Torpedo beat Vityaz earlier this season by a score of 4-2.
Vityaz: Danila Kvartalnov, Pavel Koltygin
Torpedo: Anton Volchenkov, Anders Lindback, Paul Szczechura
Forward Yevgeni Artyukhin is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL point (currently at 99).